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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1970
Page
4
An editorial fragment urges mercy and truth as guiding virtues, citing Proverbs. It reflects on cruelty, falsehood, and the need to value honesty to prevent societal harm. The text shifts to a personal dental anecdote about a wisdom tooth extraction, noting long hesitation and minimal pain.
Charlie Berdo drove his mother Carrie and aunt Ruth Lytle to Florida with a stop in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. In Nashville a service attendant joked about a rat in the car as a citywide rat campaign was noted. The piece also recounts editor duties, dental office humor, a Sea World elephant seal gag, and friendly reminiscences from Journal staff in Washington Iowa.
In Des Moines Democrats chose a new state committee chairman after a contest between Clif Larson and Dan Johnston. Larson, a Des Moines ally and former Story County chair, edged Johnston, agreeing to a $15,000 annual start and promising a businesslike, lower-overhead approach. Johnston advocated ideology, outreach, and a door to door effort ahead of 1970 elections. Two other candidates withdrew earlier.
Champion jockey Terry Biddlecombe faced a traffic case in Havant England as he risked license loss. His attorney explained he must make thrice weekly trips from the race track to a Turkish bath to control his weight, prompting the judge to allow him to retain the license.
A local column notes residents and relatives abroad and at home. MSgt Robert Porter arrives at Ingrande France after a month with family. Alfred Young sails from California to Alaska. Mary Gale Letts plans a trip toward a future east home. several locals engage in visits, retirements, and ceremonies. The piece also covers cafe openings, awards, and a large fire that destroyed the Masonic Temple and multiple businesses, with city officials planning a new fire truck and a school board change.
Stamp Corner notes February releases as Carnival colors bloom in Trinidad with five stamps featuring The Man on the Moon Queen of the 1969 festival and a steel band. British Virgin Islands issues nautical designs from Feb 16. St Lucia adds Pitons Castries harbor in fourteen values. Cyprus Gandhi tribute. Antigua coil stamps. Papua and New Guinea National Heritage quartet. East Africa musical motif stamps February 16 with marimba xylophone azomari and the five stringed adeudeu.
A condensed True or False quiz poses seven bridge scenarios by B Jay Becker with supplied answers. It covers opening bids, overcalls, dummy versus declarer play, penalties, leads, grand slams, and endplay probabilities, testing standard tournament style bidding and play rules.
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